Turkey said on Thursday that one of its soldiers had died as a result of a heart attack in Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib, Reuters reports. The soldier was preparing for night duties on Wednesday when he had the heart attack, the defence ministry said. Earlier, the governor’s office in Turkey’s central Sivas province said one Turkish soldier had been “martyred” in Idlib. The defence ministry […]
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Venezuela is set to establish a cultural centre in the Syrian capital Damascus, boosting bilateral relations between the South American country and the Syrian regime. The Venezuelan Ambassador Jose Gregorio Biomorgis and Syrian Assistant Minister of Culture Sanaa Al-Shawa met yesterday to discuss the initiative, agreeing that the Venezuelan centre in the capital would serve as a message from the two countries to the rest of […]
Over 4.8 million Syrian children have reportedly been born during the nine-year-long civil war both within and outside the country, revealed the United Nations’ International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF). UNICEF’s Executive Director Henrietta Fore said on Sunday– the anniversary of the beginning of the Syrian revolution: “The war in Syria marks yet another shameful milestone today.” As the civil war enters its tenth year, children have […]
Russia and Turkey yesterday were forced to cut short their first joint military patrol along the M4 highway linking Syria’s east and west near the north-western province of Idlib due to “rebel provocations”. The joint patrol was recently reported to have started yesterday morning, in coordination between the two armies. State-run RIA quoted the statement as saying that a number of fighters “were trying to use civilians as […]
Middle East 08:30 GMT 14.03.2020(updated 08:37 GMT 14.03.2020) Get short URL https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107851/41/1078514194_0:70:3072:1798_1200x675_80_0_0_3a50e5a4222780ead92e4bb7fe481740.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202003141078563747-russian-turkish-talks-in-ankara-to-allow-implementation-of-agreements-on-syrias-idlib—moscow/ Russia and Turkey inked a ceasefire deal earlier this month ensuring the cessation of hostilities between Turkish and Syrian forces in the province of Idlib in northwestern Syria. The two sides established joint military patrols in the area. Russian-Turkish negotiations in Ankara were constructive and will allow the […]
Turkish and Russian experts engaged in talks in Ankara have largely reached a consensus on the Idlib issue, Turkey’s Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said on Thursday. “Talks with a Russian military delegation continue. A consensus has largely been reached,” Anadolu news agency quoted him as saying. On March 10, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that Turkey would patrol areas north of Syria’s M4 highway and […]
The United States is discussing with its NATO allies the potential military support that could be provided to Turkey in Syria, US envoy for Syria said. “We are looking at what NATO can do, all options on the table,” James Jeffrey said in a statement after arriving in Brussels for talks with NATO allies yesterday. However, the US official ruled out the deployment of American ground […]
The Kurds are one of the population groups that are native to Mesopotamia, numbering between 25 and 35 million people. They mostly live in south-east Turkey, north-east Syria, northern Iraq, north-west Iran and south-west Armenia. Race, culture and language unite the Kurds across different nation state borders, although there are naturally different dialects, political affiliations and some religious minorities within the Sunni Muslim majority. Nonetheless, religion […]
Middle East 17:37 GMT 08.03.2020(updated 17:38 GMT 08.03.2020) Get short URL https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107843/77/1078437734_0:123:3076:1853_1200x675_80_0_0_1e067ba72bdae51eb66d37e5c91ccd67.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202003081078513480-civilian-traffic-returns-to-syrias-m5-highway-after-clashes-end/ HAMA-ALEPPO (Sputnik) – Syria’s key M5 highway was reopened for civilian use on Sunday after fighting in Idlib clotted this important economic artery linking the capital in the south with Aleppo in the north. The passageway is controlled by the Syrian government forces manning numerous checkpoints between Aleppo […]
US opposition reportedly blocked the UN Security Council from backing the agreement between Russia and Turkey for a ceasefire in Syria’s Idlib province. US diplomats earlier sought to back Turkey’s incursion in the area. Also on rt.com Idlib ceasefire: Putin & Erdogan reach deal on Syria de-escalation after marathon Moscow talks DETAILS TO FOLLOW Source
Syrian regime forces violated the ceasefire only half an hour after it came into effect, Qatari news outlet Al Jazeera, local sources and Syrian journalists reported. “Assad forces continue bombardments in the south of Idlib and west of Aleppo after the cease-fire deal,” Al Jazeera reported in a tweet. In the first moments of the ceasefire, the Assad regime forces violate the Russian-Turkish agreement by bombing […]
SARAQIB (Sputnik) – After six-hour talks in Moscow on Thursday, Presidents Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan agreed on a ceasefire in Idlib that went into effect at midnight. The current situation in the northwestern Syrian city of Saraqib, located in the heart of embattled Idlib Province, is relatively calm, as the warring sides seem to be observing a new ceasefire brokered by the Russian and […]
5 Mar, 2020 11:15 Dozens of Turkish troops died in a Syrian airstrike because no one knew they were there, Putin told Erdogan, adding the crisis in the Syrian province is so dire that direct talks between the two leaders are needed. Source
Iran has deployed new military reinforcements in the strategic town of Saraqib in Idlib, northern Syria, to support the regime forces, Turkish media reported. Yesterday, Turkey’s Yeni Safak newspaper reported that Iran had deployed 2,000 members of its proxy militias and the Revolutionary Guards Quds Force to Saraqib while its Fatemiyoun Brigade deployed a convoy of 200 vehicles to Ma’arat Al-Numan. The paper noted that Lebanon’s […]
The Libyan embassy in Damascus resumed work today after eight years, SANA news agency reported. The reopening ceremony was held by a delegation of the Tobruk-based government headed by Brigadier General Khalifa Haftar as well as a Syrian delegation. On Sunday, the Syrian government and officials from Haftar’s government signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to open diplomatic missions in each other’s countries and to coordinate […]
The European Union foreign ministers will hold an emergency meeting next week to discuss the repercussions of the recent developments related to the Syrian conflict which forced thousands of refugees to cross the borders between Turkey and Greece. EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Sunday that the bloc “needs to redouble efforts to address this terrible human crisis with all the means at its […]
The United States is willing to provide ammunition alongside humanitarian assistance to Turkey in Syria’s Idlib region, the US special representative for the region James Jeffrey told reporters on Tuesday. “Turkey is a NATO ally. Much of the military uses American equipment. We will make sure that equipment is ready and usable,” Jeffrey said in a statement. Separately the US Ambassador to Turkey, David Satterfield, said […]
The bodies of Hezbollah militants fighting alongside the Syrian regime of President Bashar Al- Assad who had been killed in the Syrian governorate of Idlib arrived in Lebanon. Footage of thousands of mourners holding the coffins of the eight Hezbollah militants killed in the recent confrontations in Idlib went viral on social media. Lebanese Hezbollah militant group, backed by Iran, said it had lost eight of […]
As many as 21 members of Iran-backed militias have been killed during the recent armed confrontations between the Turkish army and the Syrian regime forces and its allies in Idlib. The Hawzah News Agency in the Iranian city of Qom reported that 18 members of the Pakistani Zainabiyoun Brigade and three members of the Afghan Fatemiyoun Brigade were killed in Idlib on Friday. The news agency […]
The US media and officials who stubbornly keep referring to armed groups dominated by an Al-Qaeda offshoot in Syria’s Idlib province as ‘rebels’ only disgrace themselves and their country, US Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard has said. Gabbard, who is one of the Democratic Party contenders in the 2020 presidential race, castigated American mainstream media and Trump administration officials for a consistent effort to whitewash the extremists entrenched […]
Turkish foreign minister on Friday held phone conversations with top European diplomats in the wake of the escalation of tensions after a Syrian regime attack martyred 33 Turkish soldiers on Thursday night, Anadolu Agency reports. Mevlut Cavusoglu spoke over the phone with French, Spanish, Dutch, Hungarian, Estonian and Ukrainian foreign ministers and the EU foreign policy chief via phone. The foreign ministers offered condolences to the Turkish […]
Athens has tightened sea and land borders with Turkey after developments overnight in the Syrian region of Idlib, Reuters reported on Friday, citing government sources. A senior Turkish official said his country would no longer stop Syrian refugees from reaching Europe, as Ankara responded on Friday to the killing of 33 Turkish soldiers in a reported airstrike by Syrian government forces in Idlib. The Greek sources […]
A Russian delegation arrived in the Turkish capital, Ankara, yesterday to discuss the recent developments in the Syrian governorate of Idlib. The talks are expected to be held at the level of intelligence officials and the foreign and defence ministries of the two countries, at the Turkish Foreign Ministry’s headquarters. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister, Mikhail Bogdanov, told reporters that Moscow expects positive results from the talks. […]
As Usual, Western Media Grossly Distort Syria’s Conflict By Staff , Strategic-culture.org February 26, 2020 As Usual, Western Media Grossly Distort Syria’s Conflict2020-02-262020-02-26https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/02/screenshot-81-e1582748781523.png200px200px Above Photo: From Strategic-culture.org Western news media are once again distorting the conflict in Syria with lopsided coverage this week, claiming to focus their concern on a humanitarian crisis in the northwest of the country. Outlets such as the New York Times and the […]